This is going to be a relatively short post. I just thought I’d share this information with ya’ll (my wonderful, loyal, readers).
So, I was talking with Kaoru the other night and I decided to bring up an interesting topic – WWII. One would think it to be a taboo topic when speaking about it with your Japanese friend, however, this was not the case. The reason I had brought it up was because a year ago and a half ago, another Japanese friend had asked me whether I celebrated it or not. At the time, I was utterly lost for words. Really, I had tried to explain to her that we don’t commemorate it or celebrate it…. At any rate, that’s why I had decided to talk to Kaoru about it.
I asked her about how Japan felt about the use of the A-bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Kaoru explained that Japan felt that it was very misfortunate and that it was a very sad event. She also told me something quite interesting.
Apparently, the Japanese people at the time (and eve now) were not happy with the Japanese government. Kaoru explained that the Japanese government had been very bad at making negotiations at the time and that because of their extreme pride, lives were lost. She added that some people feel more strongly about the attacks if family members were involved but that many regard it as the past – as something to learn from.
Learn from history.
Sincerely,
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